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BLUE-RIBBON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue-ribbon mean?
• BLUE-RIBBON (adjective)
The adjective BLUE-RIBBON has 1 sense:
1. selected or chosen for special qualifications
Familiarity information: BLUE-RIBBON used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Selected or chosen for special qualifications
Synonyms:
blue-ribbon; select
Context example:
the blue-ribbon event of the season
Similar:
superior (of high or superior quality or performance)
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"People are enemies of that which they don't know." (Arabic proverb)
"He who takes no chances wins nothing." (Danish proverb)